EVERY year the Education system creates a crisis and economic hardship in the county…..a deliberate crisis.
When parents pay school fees for their children, the objective is that children learn. The function of examination fees is to assess what students have learned. So, why does the Ministry of Education charge a fee for that assessment? It does not make any sense to charge exam fees, it is DOUBLE-DIPPING for government to charge exam fees.
Furthermore, and more critically, should the parents fail to pay this exam fees, then the student does not write and, of course, will not pass to the next academic level. Does the Government not see how it is making Zimbabweans poorer and suffer needlessly? Or does Government not care? Most of all, does Government not realize that it is killing the youth by making their future prospects depend on whether or not their parents are rich enough to pay both school fees and exam fees?
Not too long ago, the teachers who were selected to mark/ grade the exams were made to mark on “gun point”. That was the worst academic environment imaginable. The Education system is being run in a very unprofessional manner even though the Ministers (two of them), have PhDs….. degrees that should make them think.
For this reason, THEUANC party, led by Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa, who is also a professor, will discontinue such inhumane treatment of citizens, most of whom are unemployed.
THEUANC government will offer free quality education and free exam fees. Please note, this is not a campaign for votes but applying common sense where it is lacking, especially when this happens at the detriment of the masses.
Finally, when government cannot pay those who mark the exams, you wonder who “takes” the revenue?
My only plea in this message to the nation, is that the Ministry of Education should NOT double-dip by charging exam fees on top of parents who are struggling to pay school fees. THEUANC government brings an alternative based on common sense and caring for the people. 

Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa